diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index e5c20b432..164ac5e22 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ sub singletest {
     unlink($STDOUT);
     unlink($STDERR);
 
+    unlink("$LOGDIR/upload.$NUMBER");  # remove upload leftovers
     unlink($CURLOUT); # remove the downloaded results
     unlink($FTPDCMD); # remove the instructions for this test